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Beschreibung

Hello, we are Amy and Latham. We live on a sustainable homestead in Central Victoria, Australia. We have sheep and alpacas and chickens on our 42 acres. We also grow vegetables and fruit.
We are a family of 5 (three kids ages 5, 7 and 9) and live as waste-free as possible. Our children are home educated and very active on our farm.
My partner works 4-5 days a week outside of the farm and I run a small business. We generally need help with planting, weeding, harvesting, preserving, help with the sheep and other gardening jobs.
We are also interested in help with our children and with house duties, and also teaching them different languages.
You can do either inside (house duties/children) or outside (farm/gardening) jobs or a mix of both, we don’t mind which you choose.
We look forward to welcoming you to our property!

Arten von Arbeit

Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

Learn how to farm in a sustainable way.
Learn how we live lightly on this earth with minimal waste.
Learn alternative farming methods.
Learn the English language.

Arbeit

At the moment we need help both in the garden and household chores (dishes, vacuuming, general cleaning).
We are mulching our fruit trees and herb gardens. We are also planting trees.

Gesprochene Sprachen

English

Unterkunft

You will have your own bedroom in our house. We are currently looking for bed frames, so at the moment the high quality mattresses are on the floor. They are comfortable single mattresses. The room is spacious and we have room for more than one guest (see photo).

We offer 3 meals per day and some snacks in-between. Most of the meals are vegetarian, expect for the occasional meat meal from our own meat grown on our farm.
There is one bathroom and toilet to share for the whole household.
We have 2 spacious living rooms, one of which can mostly be used by our workaway guests.
We can offer you internet to email, but not much else as we don’t have a lot of internet.
We have a cat, so sorry if you have allergies to cats!

Please Note:
- We collect our own rainwater, so please be conscious of how much water you use during your stay with us.
- We generate all our own power. We have solar power, so can't use any heavy machinery (including washing machine, dishwasher, iron, etc) during the night.
- We produce our own cooking and hot water from our wood fire stove (and solar power in summer). The stove is hot all over when a fire is going.
- We try not to produce any landfill rubbish. If you do produce rubbish during your stay please ask for a plastic bag and you can dispose of the rubbish on a visit to town.
Thank you!

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There are so many beautiful sights to see here in Central Victoria. We can drop you off and pick you up from a particular sight or at the train station/bus terminal.
There is always lots happening in our community: workshops, farmers markets, artist markets, community events, etc. Castlemaine and surrounds is a very alternative place to live.

Etwas mehr Information

Internet Zugang

Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

Wir besitzen Tiere

Wir sind Raucher

Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

mehr als zwei

Arbeitszeiten

Tara, Josie and Kaiya are such fun and positive people. We thoroughly enjoyed having them here for over a week to help us prep our veggie garden, chop a years supply of wood and help us with our sheep. They are hard working and really enthusiastic about getting tasks done.
Our kids loved playing with Kaiya and got along really well.
Thank you so… read more much for all your help!
We'd highly recommend having them workaway at your place!

We had a fantastic time hosting Jack, Aaron and Chris. They were all really keen to help and worked hard on different tasks on the farm and in the garden. They were polite and keen to learn new things.
We got an amazing amount of work done with their help and had fun along the way. As well as learning a lot from each other.
Thank you so much for… read more all your help boys!

We were immediately, and graciously welcomed into Amy and Latham’s home. We felt like we were part of the family. On top of this, we were able to learn a great deal about sustainable living and animal care. We spent about three weeks there, and by the end we were wishing we could have stayed longer. It was an amazing experience with an amazing… read more family, would recommend to anyone interested in visiting Australia.

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15.11.2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (fanny & alice)

It was a delight to have Fanny and Alice staying with us and helping us with our kids and on our farm.
Our kids love Alice and Fanny so much and enjoyed learning French from them. They made some special connections here.
Alice and Fanny both understood their jobs around the house and on the farm and completed them perfectly. I would highly… read more recommend these positive and hard working woman.
Thank you so much for all your work! For the cleaning, cooking (yum!), gardening, fence moving, etc. our family really enjoyed having you here and we hope you enjoy the rest of your travels in Australia.
See you in France one day!

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11.11.2018

Vom Workawayer (fanny & alice) für Host

We spent 3 weeks with Amy, Latham and their children and it was a great experience ! We had discover a beautiful way of life with very positives waves ! Their life project is very interesting, in respect of the land and humans. It is a generous and lovely family !
We spent the most time with the kids who are interesting by cultural exchange. We… read more had very good moments between games and French lessons ! We have also participated at the general cleaning of the house.
On weekends, everybody works in garden and with animals. We helped with the fences for the sheep, the mowing of alpacas and the vegetable garden !
Thank you guys for this 3 weeks ! And see you soon !
And, don't forget : ORNITHORYNQUE forever :)

Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.

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30.03.2018

Vom Workawayer (Katharina & Ilona) für Host

I stayed with Amy and Latham for 5 weeks and helped Amy mostly in the house and also with her business. (Where i had really interesting things to do!)
Their kids are very sweet and well behaved, i especially liked drawing and looking after the chickens with them.

Thank you for letting me stay at your farm.

Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.

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20.01.2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (Katharina & Ilona)

Kathy stayed with us for 5 weeks helping with the house chores and some outside (farm and garden) chores. She is a very tidy person and willing to help. My kids warmed to her quickly and had fun with her. Kathy was excellent at cleaning; she made my kitchen spotless! Thank you Kathy!

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25.01.2018

Vom Workawayer (Ashly & Carlos) für Host

We feel so grateful to this family for such an amazing and positive first Workaway experience! Amy, Latham, and their children are very kind, personable, knowledgeable, and fun to be around. We stayed for a week. The work usually consisted of helping to build a chicken coop, moving sheep around the farm, general cleaning, and helping to cook. In… read more exchange we received: our own room with very comfortable bed, all meals including most being extremely healthy, vegetarian, and homemade (with some ingredients even being fresh picked straight from their gardens!), lots of game nights, fun with the kids, beautiful sunset views from the farm, lessons on sustainability and farming, sightseeing with the family, and a new friendship halfway across the world! We absolutely recommend taking this family up on their Workaway offer. It was a very awesome and memorable experience. And if you are interested in learning about ways you can lesson your impact on the Earth, Amy and Latham can teach you a lot of different things they do to lessen their own footprint.

Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.

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20.01.2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (Ashly & Carlos)

Ashly and Carlos are very positive and fun people to work with and be around. We had such a lovely time hosting them on our farm. They helped us build our chicken coop and do the day-to-day sheep chores. They are very tidy and friendly and loved to play with our kids and entertain them. I would highly recommend having Ashly and Carlos as workaway… read more volunteers. Thanks guys!

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07.11.2017

Vom Host für Workawayer (Saya)

We enjoyed our time hosting Saya. She is a lovely lady who brought lots of cheer to our household. She helped us with our children, in the garden and cooked us yummy Japanese meals. My children love Saya and wished for her to stay longer. Thank you Saya for your help and your kindness.

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31.10.2017

Vom Workawayer (Saya) für Host

I spent beautiful time at farm for 16 days with lovely Amy, Latham and children. It's great experience for me in Australia.
There're lambs, sheep, alpacas, chickens and ducks, a garden, fields in their property.
In those days, I played with kids they are exciting, did gardening, took care of chickens, taught kids some Japanese, cooked some… read more Japanese food like sushi, went to some beautiful places like Spring festival.
Amy cooked lunch and dinner which are delicious and healthy, took me to some places around Castlemaine like a botanical garden, Alexander mountain and Oak forest.
They're cheerful and easygoing people and I felt real country life. It made me feel like living in a country.
Thank you for everything and I really hope we can meet again. Arigato gozaimashita.